Charlotte Temple The story of Charlotte Temple is not just another novel It is not just a story about an innocent nave and misguided young girl that has to live with the consequences of her bad choices in life This novel is an attempt to educate and guide young women at the time into making the right decisions in life The novel illustrates a number of different issues for women during the time period but the main issue or decision Rowson is trying to educate the women on is marriage Marriage is
In my reading of Charlotte Temple time and time again I felt as though Charlotte was not entirely to blame for her constant misfortunes The circumstances under which she was raised and the constant contradiction she faces in her youth are at least somewhat responsible The anecdote about her father and mother and how they met is a fine example Mr Temple left the woman he was with for Lucy which by all accounts seemed to end up working out nicely This is a story of general impropriety for the sak